Wang Shao lay on the bullock cart and looked at the blue sky boredly. The few clouds in the sky were floating in disorder, sometimes gathering into a group, and sometimes being torn apart by the high-altitude wind.
During this process, some clouds always disappeared. When he closed his eyes and took a nap for a while, when he opened them again, there were no clouds in the sky, and the sky was as clear as water!
The late summer sun became very fierce soon after it rose, but Wang Shao liked the feeling of the sun shining on his body very much, not because of the cold, but because his whole body was itchy and he wanted to scratch the wound but didn't dare.
, the dead-faced doctor didn’t allow it. It was a good time for the wound to heal. He didn’t dare to see the water or touch it, so Wang Shao felt that the smell of his body was no different from that of salted fish.
However, he was still in a good mood. His wounds were not in vain. He heard that Zhang Zhi was turned into a candle by the supervisor, so he didn't think it was inappropriate to suffer a little. Zhang Zhi's entire army was wiped out.
It was the best record achieved by the Song army in fighting the Xixia people. With Zhang Zhi as the candle at the bottom, everything in Qinzhou could be justified and explained to the court.
Wang Shao, courtesy name Zichun, was born in De'an, Jiangzhou. He was a Jiayou Jinshi and served in the Jianchang Army for only three years.
Ever since the military princes of Wu Shengjun passed the Jinshi examination and were placed in the army, it is no longer a strange thing for young new Jinshi to serve in the military camp. Wang Shao is one of them.
With different origins, his vision is naturally different. He understands better than those pure military men the significance of Zhang Zhi's annihilation of his entire army to the Song Dynasty. This victory marked that the Song army had broken away from its pure defensive function and began to move in the offensive direction.
Enterprising, just because the Song army defeated Xixia's most powerful armored army in a field battle in the Battle of Shishipo.
This has a completely different meaning than winning the battle to defend the city.
As a new Jinshi, it was time to get excited. Wang Shao had heard a rumor in Tokyo. It was said that the Song Dynasty was now actively preparing to seize the Hehuang land. He even heard that someone wanted to seize the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun for himself.
Gain the unparalleled glory of being crowned king immediately.
When others laughed at him, Wang Shao carefully studied the Hehuang land. If it was not feasible to seize the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, then it was not completely unfeasible to capture the Hehuang land. For this reason, he specially
He wrote an article "Pingrong Policy" to the emperor. Wang Shao didn't know if the emperor had read his "Pingrong Policy". Anyway, not long after submitting the letter, he was transferred from Jianchang Army to Qinzhou Tongyuan Army before it was too late.
Knowing his subordinates well, he fought continuously in Qinzhou until he was lying on an ox cart covered with wounds from the Xixia people.
The dead-faced doctor threw an umbrella over Wang Shao's head. The sun disappeared. Wang Shao was so bored that he could only sleep. When he woke up again, he found that the convoy of wounded soldiers entered a military camp.
This military stronghold is not big, but there are many war horses in the military stronghold. Looking at the long necks and bamboo-like ears of these war horses, Wang Shao knows that these war horses are the best Xixia war horses. There are many good horses in Yunzheng's family.
, this is famous in the city of Tokyo. His story of defrauding three thousand war horses from Xixia has become a good story among scholars, and is even spread by some people as a model of wisdom.
There are many rich scholars in Tokyo who cannot ride horses but like war horses very much. This is because there is no scholar who does not study the art of horse-making. However, the horse market in Tokyo is really short of good horses, so some merchants pay attention to it.
When it came to the Yun family, some female family members even handed the message to Madam Wenxinhou, but Madam Wenxinhou sternly refused, saying that these horses are only suitable for galloping under the crotch of warriors and should not be kept in stables to waste time.
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Therefore, whenever those scholars who wanted good horses but could not find them saw the Yun family's servants in green clothes riding powerful war horses to the market to purchase, they would beat their chests and stamp their feet, saying that the good horses would be humiliated in the hands of slaves.
Wang Shao reluctantly pushed himself up and sat up. When he saw a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old lying on the edge of the carriage looking at a jade pendant on his waist, he smiled and asked: "Where is this place?"
When the young man saw that his behavior of peeping at other people's property was discovered, he immediately raised his head proudly and said: "This is the Youth Army camp. You will be safe when you get here. I just see that your jade pendant looks good and I have no intention of taking it away, so you don't have to
Worry!"
Wang Shao laughed loudly and took off the jade pendant from his waistband and gave it to the young man and said: "This jade pendant is an ancestral inheritance from my family, so I can't give it to you, but it's okay to have a look at it."
The young man then took the jade pendant and played with it curiously. After a while, he seemed to remember something, so he took off a small copper pot from his waist and gave it to Wang Shao, saying: "Take a few sips secretly, it's a good thing, don't let it get to you."
See the face of the dead."
Wang Shao immediately pulled out the cork, smelled it and was overjoyed. He raised his head and drank it. Grape wine with honey added was a rare thing in Qinzhou.
When the young man saw Wang Shao drinking endlessly, he immediately became unwilling. He thrust Wang Shao's jade pendant into his hand, took the copper pot and said angrily: "You are so unreasonable. I'm kindly inviting you to drink.
Why did you drink it all?"
Wang Shao smacked his lips and said, "It's unreasonable for you to kick someone out of the house halfway through inviting someone to drink. It's extremely stingy."
The young man looked at Wang Shao and then at the copper pot, and finally reluctantly handed the copper pot to Wang Shao and said aggrievedly: "This is all that's left. I stole it from Uncle Peng Jiu. The men in the Young Army are not stingy.
You drink it all!"
Wang Shao was overjoyed. He took the copper pot again and drank the sweet wine inside. Then he wiped his lips and said: "Don't worry, I will go to see the commander in a while. The commander will definitely take pity on me when he sees that I am injured."
, I will ask for another jar of grape wine and return it to you."
The young man laughed out loud, pointed at Wang Shao and said: "The Marshal is eating beans all day now. How can I get any grapes for you? Even if there is, it will be given to the wounded soldiers. You want to get it from the Marshal?"
I drank with the wrong person."
Wang Shao was stunned for a moment and asked quickly: "Is there a shortage of food in the army?"
The young man said sadly: "Originally we were not short of food. Uncle Cui brought us a lot of food from Yinping Road. However, there were too many old, weak, women and children who left Qinzhou, so the commander divided half of the rice.
They gave it to the people, and they ate the beans sent by the court. The court was also true. The first beans they sent were broad beans, and later they became soybeans. Now they are sending black beans. Those things are for horses, and people eat them and their stomachs bloat.
He also farts all the time. The dead-faced military doctor said that eating too much of that stuff can seriously damage the stomach and vitality.
Those civil servants are unreasonable and they treat us like livestock because we are going to the battlefield!"
Wang Shao sighed and said: "Actually, I don't blame them. This year, not only the Xixia people suffered, but our Song Dynasty also suffered. There is no food in the granary. I don't know where the officials got these beans. My hometown is Jiang."
The state used to be a land of plenty, but this year many fields have failed to harvest anything. We can't blame them for this.
When droughts and floods occur, there are usually military disasters. It is the same this time. The Xixia people came here just to grab food. This increased the burden on the court. We and the Xixia barbarians are mortal enemies. No one will deduct money from us at this time.
No one dares to withhold food and grass. If they can’t get food, it can only be said that they really don’t have it.”
The young man nodded and continued: "The commander-in-chief also said so. However, what our young army advocates is self-reliance. If we don't have horses, we will rob and coax from the barbarians. If we don't have food, we will grow it ourselves and hunt in the wilderness."
, we don’t ask for help.
There is little grass this year and there is no fodder to feed the elephants. Uncle Cui sent the elephants to the battlefield and killed more than half of them. Today, two more seriously injured elephants died. They were skinning and bacon. I like the one missing a piece.
I don’t want to see him being skinned and roasted, so I came to the wounded barracks. I heard that Xixia people are eating people, have you seen it? Brother Tiger and Brother Leopard have seen it."
Wang Shao nodded painfully and said, "I've seen it before. Now those people are not only eating us people from the Song Dynasty, but they are also eating their own people!"
After saying this, he saw the young man's face looked frightened, and said quickly: "Don't worry, they are going to escape."
The young man blushed and said angrily: "No, the instructor has long said that when you are afraid of a person or something, the best way to not be afraid is to solve the problem and remove the thing that scares you.
We must kill people, otherwise we will not become a great warrior! We must not let them escape, we must kill them. Once we kill them all, there will be no more cannibals, and I will no longer be afraid."
Wang Shao looked at the young man in front of him in astonishment and said, "Aren't you afraid of facing the man-eating demon? Can you still carry a knife?"
The young man rolled his eyes at Wang Shao and said, "I am a warrior on the battlefield. Will a warrior be afraid?"
"But you were really scared just now."
"This is a military camp. We haven't gone to the battlefield yet. If we get to the battlefield, you will see whether I am afraid or not! I am a soldier!"
After saying this, the young man left in a hurry. After a while, he ran over again, handed the copper pot to Wang Shao and said: "It seems that you are also an official. If you want to drink, don't go to the marshal. You should go to the marshal."
Supervisor, he has good wine there."
Wang Shao held a small copper pot in his arms and was helped out of the cart by two Xiang soldiers dressed in white linen. He was placed in a white tent with the most ventilation and coolness, and lunch was brought to him.
The meal was not exquisite, but it was rich, including meat, vegetables, white rice, and even a cooked chicken. Thinking of what the young man said, Wang Shao started eating with a wooden spoon. The child was right.
, whatever you are afraid of, you will no longer be afraid after getting rid of it. He must take good care of his body as soon as possible. He believes that Yun Zheng will definitely not come to Qinzhou just to get rid of Wu Zangpang.
Yun Zheng and Li Chang looked more like cooks than commanders and supervisors at this time. One was grinding soy milk, and the other was sitting in front of the big stove adding firewood to the stove. Today's soy milk looked good and seemed to be delicious.